EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Bronze, H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, The stupa sits atop a Corinthian capital bracketed by four felines with wings and beaks. ...
EditorialBirth of the Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, H. 6 15/16 in. (16 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, This panel, together with the one showing Maya's dream, was ...
EditorialThe Death of the Buddha (Parinirvana), Kushan period, ca. 3rd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 26 in. (66 cm); W. 26 in. (66 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Sculpture, When the Buddha was eighty he died near the city of Kushinagara, b...
EditorialStair Riser with Marine Deities or Boatmen, ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region Gandhara (Swat Valley?), Serpentinite, H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture and the triangular side relief are part of a set of twen...
EditorialBirth of the Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, H. 6 15/16 in. (16 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, This panel, together with the one showing Maya's dream, was ...
EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Bronze, H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, The stupa sits atop a Corinthian capital bracketed by four felines with wings and beaks. ...
EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Bronze, H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, The stupa sits atop a Corinthian capital bracketed by four felines with wings and beaks. ...
EditorialMonumental Bodhisattva Head, 5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stucco, H. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm); D. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Sculpture, This head comes from a scupture that would have been more than twelve feet tall and l...
EditorialStair Riser with Marine Deities or Boatmen, ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region Gandhara (Swat Valley?), Serpentinite, H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture and the triangular side relief are part of a set of twen...
EditorialBirth of the Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, H. 6 15/16 in. (16 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, This panel, together with the one showing Maya's dream, was ...